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GTMO Detainee’s Lawyer: Review Process is Unlikely to Lead to Transfer

June 28, 2018

By Daniel Bergmann

The Guantanamo Bay Periodic Review Board (PRB) convened again this Tuesday to hold a hearing on whether detainee Haroon al-Afghani could be…

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Join Human Rights First for June 30 Day of Action

June 28, 2018

Attacks on asylum remain at an all-time high—babies have been ripped from their parents’ arms, frightened children sleep in tents, and devastated families’ lives are…

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Top 10 Reasons Family Incarceration is Not a Solution

June 27, 2018

The Trump Administration is attempting to replace its failed policy of family separation with the failed policy of family incarceration. ICE already detains families at…

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Proven Alternatives to Mass Incarceration of Families

June 27, 2018

By Michelle Walker

On June 20, 2018 President Trump signed Executive Order 13841, titled “Affording Congress an Opportunity to Address Family Separation,” which called for…

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Alternatives to Detention are a No-Brainer

June 22, 2018

On World Refugee Day, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that “halted” family separation but doubled down on the administration’s obsession with detaining families with…

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After 14 Years of Confinement, GTMO Detainee Gets 2nd Full Review

June 21, 2018

By Daniel Bergmann

On Tuesday, Abd al-Salam al-Hilah sat before the Guantanamo Bay Periodic Review Board (PRB) and pled his case that he no longer presented…

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White House Spreads Lies About Asylum “Loopholes”

June 20, 2018

By Kevin Schuster

A new report, The Crisis At The Border By The Numbers, released by the White House continues to spread falsehoods…

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Family Detention Is Not a Solution For Family Separation

June 20, 2018

Today, it was announced that President Trump intends to sign an executive order that will detain families together indefinitely rather than separate them at the…

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